by Paul Lengemann, BullsnBears Economist | Jun 5, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy
The US stock indices rallied today due to the US economy gaining 2.5 million jobs in May. Economists had been expecting a 2.5 million jobs decline.   The unemployment rate came in at 13% vs. the projected 19%. However, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said...
by John Mauldin | Jun 5, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Mauldin Economics
Should you wear a mask in public? This seemingly simple question immediately generates emotional, political, and social anxiety. It is just one of many provocative questions COVID-19 is forcing upon us. They should be simple, data-driven policy issues but many are...
by Michael Markowski | Jun 3, 2020 | alerts, Crash of 2020, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears, Uncategorized
The Bear Trader, a trend trading algorithm that was spun off from the Bull & Bear Tracker to primarily trade inverse or short market index ETFs, enabled aggressive and conservative traders to make gains of 3.3% and 1.1% respectively for the month of May 2020.  ...
by Michael Markowski | Jun 2, 2020 | alerts, Crash of 2020, Crashes, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears, Uncategorized
My recent article pointed out that after adjusting for inflation, it took 30 years (or until 1959) for the stock market to recover to its 1929 high. The revelation prompted me to conduct additional empirical research on GDP and its components from 1929 to 1942. My...
by Lance Roberts | Jun 2, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Real Investment Advice
Too fast, too furious. That describes the April/May advance following the fastest 30% decline in history. The reason was not an improvement in fundamentals, but a generation of investors front running Fed liquidity flows. Such should not be surprising as this is what...
by Michael Markowski | May 31, 2020 | alerts, Markets/Economy, Secular Bulls/Bears
May 2020, was the 11th consecutive profitable month for the Bull & Bear Tracker’s (BBT) automated signals. The gain from utilizing BBT’s signals to trade the SPY and SH ETFs during May was 8.6% vs. 4.5% for the S&P 500.   For the 11 months the BBT’s...
